On 6/9/07, Prasanna Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i dunno why how i can spend 1-2 lakhs on freedom toaster.. can't figure.. > must be cheaper i guess.. the major cost might be a better DVD/CD writer.. > better to have 2 .. CD writer for only CDs and DVD RW for only DVDs.. if > that aids to the life span of that... > > CPU doesn't need to be fast.. since its going to be a single user computer > doing specialized task.. ok unless we want to have a dynamic updating
but using a outdated hardware isnt good either. I suggest to make sure anyone from nepal can download it from the Internet within NPIX. (as it will be connected to Internet anyways) Expected life: 5 years with hardware maintenance. We should be using Raid 6: ( go figure out why, or argue with me some other day) Price of a 220 GiB sata ~= 7000 rs Per raid 6 array would cost 7000x4 ~= 28000 rs storage == 220x2 == 440 GiB 440 GiB is sufficient as a start but if you look forward for few years you will realize over 100 GiB will be filled with just versions of Debian. So i suggest everyone to aim for 1 TB or slightly more if you guys are going to WRITE REAL PROPOSAL AND HOPING TO BE REALLY FUNDED AND EXPECTING TO USE THE MACHINE IN REAL FUTURE. so i was thinking of; 440 GiB X 3 == 1.2890625 TB 28000 X 3 ~= 84000 rs As a backup. Expect to change the DVD-RW once or twice a year. (And we will need two of those) so be easy on the price. Expect Electrical failures and other component failures are part of future. You would wanna have a certain budget for that. another ~ 30 thousand for low end pc with few cameras to keep security logs ;) A good (secure) housing for the hardware with proper cooling (30-50 thou?), inverter(15000), electricity cost... 300 watt(/hr) X 24 ==7.2 unit x~ 6 rs =~ 43rs/day x 365 == 15700 rs (electricity cost... unless the local electricity authority agrees to sponsor it) you guys do the adding..... regards, -bipin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
